Car-body.



G. H. PORSYTH & A. H. SISSON,

CAB. BODY.

APPLIOATION IILED MAY 17, 1909.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

G. H. FORSYTH & A. H.'SISSON.

GAR BODY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17.1909.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 BEEETS-SHEET 2.

' same part or UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FORSYTH, OF CHICAGO, AND ALBERT H. srsson, or nvnns'ron, rumors,

ASSIGNORS TO FORSYTH BROTHERS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPO- BATION OF ILLINOIS.

CAR-BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, -GEORGE H. FORSYTII and ALBERT H. S1ssoN, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Chicago, n the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention concerns railway cars, and more particularly or especially relates to improved coverings or-exterior facings for the bodies of street cars.

One aim and object of the invention is the protection or facing of the vulnerable parts of the car, that is the portions most subject or liable to damage by collision or otherwise, with detachable sheet-metal plates or sections, preferably corrugated horizontally to stiffen the same and to limit or restrict the area of damage in collision as when the tongue or pole of a wagon strikes the car.

I Other features of novelty and i1nprovement will become apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and throughout the/various views of which like reference characters refer to the same-parts.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the end portion of a street railwaylcar; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the fragment of a car; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through one of the end corner posts of the car platform; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of a portion of the side of the car illustrating the part adapted to accommodate the sliding door when in open condition; Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the bowed or curved end wall of the vestibule or platform; Fig. 6 is a similar section through the side of the car; Fig. 7 illustrates in a fragmentary manner the portion or part of the transverse end wall of the car adapted to accommodate the pair of sliding doors, Fig. 8 is a vertical section through one of the window sills in the side of the car; and Fig. 9 is a vertical section on .line 99 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the f drawings it will be noticed. that the car sides have hollow up-' right sheet-metal posts 15 each supplied on its opposite sides with a plurality of corrugatlons 16 adapted to form guides or runways for the expanding shoes 17 of the windows 18 or panel sections 19, the latter being composed desirably of a pair of sheet-metal plates 20 having their edges bent inwardly at 21, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 6. On its opposite faces near its outer surface each post 15 has a pair of vertical grooves 22 adapted to accommodate the flat or plane edge portions of corrugated sheet-metal panels or sections 23, the corrugations of which are preferably horizontally disposed. The grooves also accommodate the inturned edges of smaller jackets or cappings 24 similarly horizontally corrugated; These panels or sections 23 may be slid upwardly in the grooves 22 and be held in place by any suitable means such as screws or other fastening devices 25, while the facings or cappings 24, which desirably extend the whole length of the post, may be similarly held fixedly yet detachably in place by screws 26; The posts 15 are for the most part composed of a single sheet of metal bent to shape, their inner surfaces being covered by plain closing or finishing plates 27, as is shown in Fig. 6.

At each corner of the car body, leaving out of consideration the vestibule or platform, we provide a hollow sheet-metal upright post 28 composed of the substantially U-shapcd bent plate 29, the channel-shape connecting plate 30, and the plate 31. As is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, one edgeofthe plate 29 is offset at 32 forming a portion of a vertical guideway for one of the panels or sections 23, the other edge or end of such plate being at 33 and riveted to one of the outstanding flanges 34 of the connecting plate 30, the other flange 34 beingriveted at 35 and 36 to a comparatively narrow exterior plate 37 which at one edge 38 forms the remainder of the groove accommodating the panel or corrugated section 23. It should be noticed in addition that the plate 29 is provided with a curved portion 39 and with suitable bends at the 'parts 40, 41 and 42, the contour of the cross-section of this plate being clearly shown in Fig. 4. The plate 30 has pressed therein a V-shaped rib 43 for coaction and cooperation with one edge of the panel or section 19. The bent plate 31 secured to the plates 29 and 30 by the screws additional bent Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

M and 4:5 is intended to form part of the door jamb or casing and is bent to supply the groove 46 capable of accommodating the edge of one of the sliding entrance doors 4:7.

Riveted to'one'face of the plate 39 we providea pair of hollow sheet-metal vertical guides or retainers 48 and 49 which act to maintain in place and in spaced relation the pair of windows 50 and 51 of the vestibule, the other edges of such windows cooperating with somewhat similar posts or guides 52 and 53, the sheet-metal edges of which are bent inwardly at 54.- to form a suitable opening or passageway for the accommodation of the sliding door 55. The outer post or standard 52 is strengthened, protected and finished by the additional bent sheet-metal plate 56 detachably fastened thereto by the screws 57 and 58, whereby when such part 56 accidentally becomes injured or marred it may be readily detached and replaced. The outer curved corner 39 of the substantial sheet-metal post 28 is protected by a horizontally-corrugated sheetmetal covering or capping 59 of general angle-shape in cross-section and removably or detachably fastened to the post by the screws 60 and 61.

The front corner posts 62 of the platform or vestibule present in horizontal cros's-section the appearance indicated in Fig. 3 and are formed of bent metal plates 63, 64c and 65 riveted or otherwise connected together in the relation indicated in the drawings. The plate 63 for the most part presents a convex exterior surface, and in addition at the front of the car is bent to form a vertical groove 65 for the accommodation of the flattened or plane edge of a horizontally corrugated or ribbed removable or detachable sheet-metal curved panel or section 66, Which may be readily sprung into its retaining grooves at its opposite edges. The posts 52 present on their inner faces corrugations or vertical guides 67, which in conjunction with similar parts of the intermediate platform or vestibule posts act to maintain in position the Windows 68 and their sashes or extra panels or sections below the windows. It will be observed that the plate 64 of the post 62 is of general channel shape, its flanges being employed for attaching it by rivets or otherwise to the other parts of the post. It will also be observed that the plate 65 is "of peculiar formation, which may bereadily traced in Fig. 3, and that it in conjunction with the plate 63 provides a groove or recess 69 intended and adapted to accommodate the front edge of the sliding door 55 in its closed relation or position. The exterior part of each post 62 is covered and protected by a curved horizontally-corrugated sheet-metal jacket or capping 70 which has at one edge an inturned flange 71 projecting sashes of the pair of windows 80.-

into the groove 69, such capping or jacket being held in place by screws 71- and 71 which permit its ready removal or detachment.

The car platform or vestibule in the present instance is equipped with a pair of intermediate hollow sheet-metal posts 72, illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, such posts in general cross-section being similar to the post 15 and having grooves 73 to receive the edges of the exterior sheet-metal panels or sections 7 5 and the 'inturned edges of the post coverings proper 74, which, as will be readily understood, are corrugated as are the parts 24. These curved metal front sections 75 may be readily'sprung into their grooves and retained therein, and at their bottom edges overlap, as is indicated in Fig. 9, the

top edge of a similarly corrugated or grooved sheet-metal covering or apron 76,

the lower part of the platform being equipped with a curved cast-metal corrugated anti-telescoping device 77 of known construction. It will, therefore, be apparent that the exposed parts of this car body which arelikely to become injured or damaged are covered and protected by sheetmetal sections, panels or caps detachably held in place and preferably horizontally corrugated to stiflen the same, and as has been explained above to exhibit a tendency to limit and restrict the area or extent of damage due or incident to collisions. If any one or more of these cappings should become marred or'defaced, it can, because of the manner in which it is held in place, be readily removed and repaired or replaced. Any damage which may be done to the posts proper will of course be completely concealed by the new coverings or cappings which will be placed thereon, so that although the car body may sustain substantial injury it can with little trouble and a new set of coverings, panels or sections be made to present an uninjured appearance, and this at small expense of time and money.

In Fig. 7 we have indicated a preferred and desirable construction of an end wall of the car which is intended to receive thepair of transverse sliding doors in their open position. This wall, as is indlcated, 1s

hollow and has at its four corners the upright posts or standards 78 presenting V-shaped ribs 79 for cotiperation with ithe he plates composing these posts are of such size and bent in such manner as to provide the pairs of inturned flanges or edges 81, 81 and 82, 82 at the margins of the openings into the wall through which the doors 47 are adapted to slide, such flanges forming a neat finish and acting to some extent to guide the doors in their roper movement. It will be evident that if it is desired to remove one of the doors 47, all that is necessary is to remove the post 78 against which the edge of the door abuts when it is opened. The door may then be moved between the windows 80, 80 and through the space which was occupied by the" transverse portion of the post 78. Inasmuch as the post 78 is the only member of the structure which has to be disturbed when the door is removed, it

) will be clear that this construction possesses great advantages. H

In Fig. 8 an illustration is made of the method of connecting and concealing the top edges of the side panels or sections 23 beneath the windows. ihe plate 83 forming the window sill or ledge is bent back on itself at its lower edge to form a receiving groove for the top edge of panel 23 or 75.

- Such window sill construction may be used not only on the sides of the car but also for" the windows of the vestibules.

In Fig. 2 the corrugated side sections or plates have been indicated at '23, 24: and

59 as being received in grooves at the lower edges of the letter boards, so that a neat and pleasing finish is secured at this part of the car body.

Whereas we have herein indicated the exact construction and arrangement of parts of the structure referred to, it is to be understood, nevertheless, that the invention is not limited and restricted to the 'precise structural details, since these may be modified within wide limits without departure from the substance and essence ofthe invention.

We claim:

1. In a car-body, the combination ofapair of grooved upright members, a corrugated sheet-metal panel having flat marginal parts adapted to fit in the'grooves of said members, and means to secure the panel in place, substantially as described. 2. In a car-body, the combination of apost .having grooves on opposite sides and a horizontally-corrugated covering or capping having inturned marginal flanges engaging in said grboves, and means to prevent dis-- placement of said covering or capping, substantially as described.

3. In a car-body, the combination of mem bers having op ositely opening grooves I therein, and a p ate havinga'plurality' of horizontal" corrugations, the vertical edges of said plate being extended and engaging said grooves in the general plane of the plates, substantially as described.

4. A car-body having its exterior surface formed of interlocking" fined and inde- Y.

pendentlyremovable metallic sections, sub stantially as described.

5. A car-body havingits exterior surface formed of interlocking fixed and independently removable horizontally ribbed metallic sections, substantially as described.

6. A car-body having its side walls formed of posts with oppositely facing grooves and metallic sheets bridging the spaces between the posts with their vertical edges removably engaged within the grooves, substantially as described.

7. A car-body having its side walls formed of vertically grooved posts, horizontal corrugated metallic sheets bridging the spaces between the posts with their vertical edges removably engaged within the grooves, and caps overlying the posts and sheet edges with the cap edges inturned into engagement with thepost grooves, substantially as described.

8. In a car-body, the combination of vertical guiding and supporting members, and

a horizontally corrugated plate having fiattoned marginal portions'supported thereby.

9. In a car-body, the combination of vertical guiding and supporting members, and a horizontally corrugated plate having plane marginal portions guide and supported thereby. I

10. In a car-body, the combination of ver tical supporting members provided on their opposed faces with guiding and supporting 

